Testseek.com have collected 96 expert reviews of the Western Digital WD TV Live Hub WDBABZ and the average rating is 83%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Western Digital WD TV Live Hub WDBABZ.
November 2010
(83%)
96 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
• It has stunning picture quality and crystalclear surround sound
• It shows up as a hard drive on your home network
Making it easy to drag and drop files or export directly to it
• The remote control has quickaccess buttons and programmable number buttons for creating shortcuts to files and folders. Web UI lets you control the device from any computer
Smartphone or iPad in the home.
It's a streamer! It's a server! Robust format support. USB keyboard compatible. Extremely easy to set up
Especially remoteadmin features. A/V quality is sharper than Carl Sagan's intellect. Simple and responsive interface. 1080p resolution
Suck it
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Media streamer/server with 1TB of file storage built in
Supports up to 1080p video playback
Nice onscreen interface
Streams a variety of Internet video and audio services
Including Netflix
YouTube
And Pandora
Via Ethernet connection
Attractive ons
Small compact design
1TB hard drive included
Beautiful user interface
Easy to use
Plays pretty much any type of media
Included online services
The editors didn't like
No metadata support for external movies
Some bugs
Noticeable fan noise
WiFi not built in
Limited number of content providers
More complex to set up and use than some digital media players
Expensive and black model shows some grease
Other devices support more Web content
Dated Netflix app
No HDMI cable included
Organizing local files takes some effort. No built-in Wi-Fi.
• You can't play copyrightprotected files
• The device freezes when stopping Netflix playback
One might expect that a future firmware update will fix the problem
• An error message occurs periodically
Even though the file format is compatible with the player
WD TV Live Hub Home Screen
The background is customizable behind the easytonavigate carousel menu
Photo (c) Barb Gon
You can only search and browse for content on one device at a time. Cables and full manual not included. No builtin WiFi and no Hulu support? We no like. Online streams can be slow to start. Some features can get buried in backwater sections of menu. Want
No built-in wireless
Ever cheaper Blu-ray players offer many of the same Internet-viewing and home streaming options plus disc playback
Most advanced options will require an expert user to fully exploit
Published: 2012-09-10, Author: Helena , review by: chipchick.com
Slim, light, great stand – landscape and portrait, and works with Apple Smart Cover
Expensive and black model shows some grease
Since it's the only affordable streamer that we know of that comes with built in hard drive, the WD TV Live Hub is really a winner right from the start. And heck, who wants to have to attach external storage anyway to a streamer! That is downright inc...
Small compact design, 1TB hard drive included, Beautiful user interface, Easy to use, Plays pretty much any type of media, Included online services
No AV cables included, Weird online service issue on our unit
From all of the media players I have seen in the past year the Western Digital TV Live Hub is one of the best. The first thing that stands out is the user interface. Every other media player we have looked at has some crap basic interface. They are ...
In the beginning Western Digital gave us the WD TV which was a great little media player but required the user to bring their own media and also didn’t support any sort of networking. Western Digital did release several other versions with variety of ...
The WD TV Live Hub was my first exposure to a network set top box for my living room – and it has left an overall positive impression on me. Of course, the Live Hub does a lot of other things with media streaming and online services, but there are a lo...
Abstract: Many people are constantly searching for the right companion to go along with their nice HDTV.For many people, that companion is usually a gaming console or some sort of media player. And on the rare occasion, that device is a home theater PC.As hard...
Slim and stylish design, 1TB hard drive, UI is responsive and easy to navigate, Lots of connectivity options
Dated Netflix app, No HDMI cable included
Western Digital's latest media box sports a 1TB hard drive a much improved user interface.Even though Western Digital isn't new to the set-top box market, the WD TV Live Hub feels quite a bit different from previous versions, and mostly in good ways. On t...
Published: 2010-12-13, Author: David , review by: cnet.com
Media streamer/server with 1TB of file storage built in; supports up to 1080p video playback; nice onscreen interface; streams a variety of Internet video and audio services, including Netflix, YouTube, and Pandora, via Ethernet connection; attractive ons
No built-in wireless, ever cheaper Blu-ray players offer many of the same Internet-viewing and home streaming options plus disc playback, most advanced options will require an expert user to fully exploit
While it lacks integrated Wi-Fi and is more expensive than the Roku or Apple TV , the WD TV Live Hub's combination of snazzy interface and built-in 1TB hard drive will appeal to advanced users who have a lot of existing files they want to view on an H...
The new WD TV Live Hub is a great new media player offering plenty of internal storage from a 1TB 2.5” hard drive, combined with a wide range of codec decoding support, topped off with streaming support from many online sources like BlockBuster On De...
Overall, the WD TV Live Hub shapes up as a versatile and (with the exception of the problem of accessing network shares) user-friendly media streamer and storage device, both for streaming media to a connected HDTV and serving it throughout the home. ...
